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Is Steam actually using BitTorrent? I thought they were using something proprietary. If they are not using BitTorrent then Sync would provide a new, plausible
by javanix 13y ago
Is Steam actually using BitTorrent? I thought they were using something proprietary.
If they are not using BitTorrent then Sync would provide a new, plausible way to stop ISPs from blocking that specific protocol.
- ephoz 13y agoI think I got a little ahead of myself here, sorry. Bram Cohen (who is known for inventing BitTorrent) has worked shortly with Valve on Steam. I can't find a source quoting Steam as using BitTorrent though, so let's assume that no. Well, apparently Blizzard does. :) Quoting http://www.wowpedia.org/Blizzard_Downloader http://www.wowpedia.org/Blizzard_Downloader
- pm90 13y agoI remember that Ubuntu used to be available via torrents
- e12e 13y agoStill is? http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads There's also http://debtorrent.alioth.debian.org/ http://debtorrent.alioth.debian.org/ Apparently CCP is planning to use bittorrent for the next generation launcher for EVE online: http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/74573 http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/74573